Morrison Foerster is an international law firm with lawyers practicing throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. Click to discover more.

mofo_share_image.jpg

Morrison Foerster

favicon.ico

favicon-16x16.png

favicon-32x32.png

apple-touch-icon.png

MoFo Favicons

Terms / Notices

Cookies

Privacy Policy

Attorney Advertising

Alumni

  Facebook

MoFo Facebook

  Linkedin

MoFo LinkedIN

Twitter

MoFo Twitter

YouTube

MoFo Youtube

Morrison Foerster - Footer

You have not solved the recaptcha challenge yet or session expired, try again.

Disclaimer

Unsolicited e-mails and information sent to Morrison Foerster will not be considered confidential, may be disclosed to others pursuant to our <a href="https://www.mofo.com/about/privacy-policy.html">Privacy Policy</a>, may not receive a response, and do not create an attorney-client relationship with Morrison Foerster. If you are not already a client of Morrison Foerster, do not include any confidential information in this message. Also, please note that our attorneys do not seek to practice law in any jurisdiction in which they are not properly authorized to do so.

Feedback

mofo-logo-2022.svg

People

Capabilities

Resources

About

Culture

Offices

Careers

Stay Connected

It’s still unclear which regulations apply to initial coin offerings when tokens aren’t classified as securities, and, according to F. Dario De Martino in the Bloomberg Markets article “Patchwork Crypto Laws Offers ICOs Opportunity, If Not Clarity,” it’s important to have sound legal advice in order to avoid non-compliance.

Patchwork Crypto Laws Offers ICOs Opportunity, If Not Clarity

About Morrison Forester

people-default-header-desktop.jpg

people-default-header-mobile.jpg

Default Meta Data

It’s still unclear which regulations apply to initial coin offerings when tokens aren’t classified as securities, and, according to F. Dario De Martino in the Bloomberg Markets article “Patchwork Crypto Laws Offers ICOs Opportunity, If Not Clarity,” it’s important to have sound legal advice in order to avoid non-compliance.“Since blockchain tokens are not a homogeneous asset class -- they may feature characteristics of securities, commodities, currency units, or a combination thereof -- and affect markets that span national borders, there is a significant amount of uncertainty and a critical need for legal experts to offer unequivocal advice,” he said.Read the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-22/crypto-legal-patchwork-offers-icos-opportunity-if-not-clarity" target="_blank">full article</a>.

Patchwork Crypto Laws Offers ICOs Opportunity, If Not Clarity

Sign Up